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Promoting Healthy Emotional Outlets For Communities of Color

During National Minority Health Month, it's essential to recognize the unique challenges faced by urban and inner-city communities, especially when it comes to accessing healthy coping mechanisms for stress relief and emotional expression. Journaling, creative expression, and hobbies offer invaluable outlets for individuals to navigate the complexities of daily life and promote holistic well-being.

Using Journaling as a Therapeutic Tool:

Journaling provides a safe and private space for individuals to process their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Whether through writing, drawing, or collage, journaling allows individuals to express themselves freely, release pent-up emotions, and gain clarity and perspective on their lives. For urban children and communities of color who may lack access to mental health resources, journaling can serve as a valuable tool for self-reflection, emotional regulation, and stress management.

Learning to Heal Through Creative Expression:

Engaging in creative activities such as painting, music, dance, or poetry offers a powerful outlet for self-expression and emotional release. Creative expression allows individuals to tap into their inner creativity, connect with their emotions, and channel their energy into constructive and meaningful pursuits. By nurturing creativity and self-expression, urban children and communities of color can cultivate resilience, confidence, and empowerment in the face of adversity.

Learning to Find Hobbies as a Source of Joy and Fulfillment:

Exploring hobbies and interests provides opportunities for individuals to engage in activities that bring them joy, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose. Whether it's gardening, cooking, sports, or crafting, hobbies offer a reprieve from daily stressors and allow individuals to recharge, relax, and connect with their passions. By promoting access to affordable and culturally relevant hobbies, we can empower urban communities to prioritize self-care, explore new interests, and build resilience in the face of adversity.

Helping Our Communities:

We must be intentional about advocating for greater access to journaling, creative expression, and hobbies within urban and inner-city communities of color. By investing in community-based programs, arts initiatives, and after-school activities that prioritize creativity and self-expression, we can provide children and families with the tools they need to cope with stress, navigate challenges, and foster mental and emotional well-being.

Over the years funding has slowly and increasingly been stripped from the arts programs, and the after-school programs that often provided children and individuals a way to have access to these things. Creating an increase in children and teenagers with no places to attend after they finish their school days. Being left with little to no supervision or stimulation, has caused a spike and increase in destructive behavior, and increased alcohol and drug use in the younger age groups to arise as the youth is left idle with nothing to stimulate them, or give them healthy outlets.

These healthy outlets promote holistic well-being, as they help individuals take care of their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. As a whole, we must be intentional about supporting organizations that provide these outlets and opportunities to underserved communities with limited funding and access to them. We can help more individuals gain access to these things, by getting them funding, finding individuals who can donate time, and supplies, and having designated spaces where individuals can cultivate their interests and healthy coping mechanisms.

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Overcoming Unprecedented: A Call to Action for Defending Democracy

Dear Followers and Potential Clients,

I hope this post finds you and yours in good health and high spirits. Today, I write to you with a sense of urgency and a call to action. Our democracy, our rule of law, and our way of life are under threat, and it is imperative that we unite in the face of this unprecedented challenge. I invite you to join me on a journey of enlightenment and empowerment through my SubStack articles, aptly titled "Overcoming Unprecedented."

In the wake of the recent events surrounding former President Donald Trump, it has become abundantly clear that our democracy is at a crossroads. The incitement of an insurrection, the erosion of trust in our institutions, and the blatant disregard for the principles that our nation was built upon are all alarming signs of a system in crisis. How can a court acknowledge his role in inciting an insurrection, yet allow him to remain on the ballot in 2024? This contradiction demands our attention and action.

The Constitution, a document that has guided our nation for centuries, may at times be open to interpretation. However, when it comes to the threat posed by Trump and his followers, it is unequivocally clear. We cannot allow a man who has shown such disregard for our democracy to continue to hold power. It is our duty as citizens to hold our elected officials accountable and demand that they take action.

But this fight is not just about Trump. It is about the larger forces at play that have allowed him to rise to power and maintain a grip on our political landscape. It is about the corruption, manipulation, and deception that have infiltrated our institutions. It is about the fear that has silenced those who should be standing up for what is right. It is about the erosion of our values and the need to reclaim them.

Through my SubStack articles, I aim to shed light on these issues and provide a platform for meaningful dialogue and action. I will delve into the complexities of our democracy, the flaws in our legal system, and the importance of holding those in power accountable. Together, we will explore the path to overcoming this unprecedented challenge and ensuring a brighter future for our nation.

I invite you to join me on this journey of enlightenment and empowerment. Together, we can make a difference. Share my articles with your friends, family, and colleagues. Engage in conversations that challenge the status quo and demand accountability. Let us be the voice that speaks truth to power and paves the way for a stronger, more resilient democracy.

In closing, I want to remind you that we, the people, hold the power to shape our future. Just as karma has a way of catching up with those who have aided and comforted the threat to our democracy, we too have the power to hold them accountable. Let us stand together, united in our pursuit of justice, and overcome this unprecedented challenge.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to embarking on this journey with you.

Warm regards,

Tyrone Glover

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According to a report by edbuild, a nonprofit looking to bring fairness to the way states fund schools, school districts serving students of color are receiving $23 billion less funding than predominantly white school districts and on average, nonwhite districts receive about $2,200 less per student ​than their predominantly white counterparts. Although school districts are generally funded locally, the state is supposed to “fill in the gaps” so communities are evenly funded despite wealth disparities.

[punkecodavid]

This is why I decided to dedicate my life towards organizing. In communities of color, we are oppressed for many different reasons but it shouldn't mean we should oppress others or within ourselves. Toxic masculinity is something so fixed inside our communities that we think it's something that is a part of our cultures when really it never was... #toxicmasculinity #rapeculture #rapecultureiswhen #feminism #feminist #feminista #ineedfeminismbecause #liberatethyneighbor #newtypeofrevolution #newkindofrevolution #communitiesofcolor #socialjustice #organizing #activism #intersectionalfeminism #intersectionality #intersectionalitymatters #domesticviolence #unheardvoices https://www.instagram.com/p/Boepkxen3TH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dgm3k1uj2oij

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❤ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT: @wishtoyochumashfoundation ❤ MISSION STATEMENT: Wishtoyo's Chumash Village is a unique and authentic re-creation of a working Native American village on a four-acre historical site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California. The Village was constructed on property managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, Wishtoyo's partner in the project. . . . #communitysupport #indigenous #indigenouscommunities #indigenouscommunity #latinocommunity #latinxcommunity #latinos #latinxs #latinx #latino #poc #communitiesofcolor #socialjustice #socialchange #indigenouscommunities #autonomy #mutualaid #nonprofit #foundation #foundationsupport #latinachikaspeaksmagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ_jg3YJ_5x/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We’re excited to announce Darkness RISING: Live, a virtual concert featuring some of your favorite singers! • ⭐️Black Broadway Does Black Mental Health ⭐️ • Hosted by @thewilliedee Technical Director @NBStudios • 🖤 Friday 5/29, 7pm 🖤 Watch on Facebook Live 🖤 Free Giveaways + Raffle • • More details soon! #savethedate #markyourcalendar #togetherathome #quarantineconcert #BroadwayBlack #BlackBroadway #Blackmentalhealth #COVIDmentalhealth #communitiesofcolor #nonprofit #raffles #giveaways #singersofIG #NYCsingers #DarknessRISINGtogether #IamDarknessRISING #DarknessRISING https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQmpXrDnyp/?igshid=kr6nl4effqzc

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"We would like five new licenses to restore Black communities impacted by the War on Drugs, please. 'I'm sorry, we don't serve Black communities in impacted areas.' We don't eat Blacks in impacted areas. We would like five new licenses."-WeRise in memory of Joseph Lowery #Respect #CivilRights #JosephLowery #JosephLoweryBlvd #ContinueTheLegacy #WeRisetoLegalize #MarijuanaJustice #WarOnDrugs #ExpandMedical #EssentialBusiness #CommunitiesofColor #iFightFor420 #WeRise (at Morningside Park & W. 110th Street, NYC.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Sbz9YhyVI/?igshid=zn00rfgc9wll

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We got you!

It’s here, the 16th Annual The Center for Closing The Health Gap’s Health Expo.  This year’s event will be at Washington Park from 10am-5pm April 27th 2019.  The theme for the event is ‘Turn up for Health’. 

In case you haven’t heard about this amazing, inspiring and generous organization; the The Center for Closing The Health Gap exists to serve the community primarily low-income/Appalachian and communities of color by addressing health disparities that are within them. 

The health expo is one way this serving happens and is a form of outreach.  At the event there always are free health screenings, fitness demonstrations, healthy food sampling alternatives, family resources and activities, and entertainment from Cincinnati’s local band Natural Progression.   

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A Woman's Worth was an event presented by BlackLounge highlighting performers, artists and vendors - all women of color. Follow @blcklounge on Instagram for more events illuminating diversity in blackness and artists of color!

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Booker T Washington High School Grand Opening #bookertwashingtonhighschool #communitiesofcolor #communitiesofcolormatter #savingplaces #indepenceheights #mayorsylvesterturner #houston #historythroughthelens #priscillagrahamphotography #priscillatgraham #priscillatgrahamcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_em9UhiI-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dvdch1fqsqhx

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Tim Scott's Campaign: Fighting for Change and Winning Over Minority Voters in the Republican Primary Race #AfricanAmericanvoters #blackchurches #campaignstrategy #communitiesofcolor #criminaljusticereform #economicinequality #endorsements #historicallyblackcollegesanduniversities #Miami #minorityvoters #nationalrecognition #nomination #poll #raceandpolitics. #republicanpresidentialdebate #Republicanprimaryrace #systemicracism #TimScott #traction

[latinachikaspeaksmagazine]

❤ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT: @wishtoyochumashfoundation ❤ MISSION STATEMENT: Wishtoyo's Chumash Village is a unique and authentic re-creation of a working Native American village on a four-acre historical site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California. The Village was constructed on property managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, Wishtoyo's partner in the project. . . . #communitysupport #indigenous #indigenouscommunities #indigenouscommunity #latinocommunity #latinxcommunity #latinos #latinxs #latinx #latino #poc #communitiesofcolor #socialjustice #socialchange #indigenouscommunities #autonomy #mutualaid #nonprofit #foundation #foundationsupport #latinachikaspeaksmagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ_fWtbgEnq/?utm_medium=tumblr

[punkecodavid]

On the East side of South Cicero Avenue lies vacant buildings and lots where there is no motivation for change. Yet the West side of Cicero Avenue (which would be to my left or behind me) is filled with food establishments and hotels for people who are from out-of-town (even though they are in suburban Bedford Park). Before I left this area, I noticed a lesser-known type of white flight, and is area is already feeling the consequences of it... #chicago #midwayairport #southside #inequality #socialjustice #lovethyneighbor #getactive #getinvolved #whiteflight #communitiesofcolor #minoritiesinamerica #activism #organizing #uspolitics (at Chicago Midway International Airport)

[transhealthwny]

People in communities of color are often under-represented, especially trans people of color. Here are “9 Transgender Men of Color You Should Know”